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NGC6733

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 19:6:10.7
Declination: -62:11:48
Constellation: PAV
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: eeF, vglbM, v difficult
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6733 30" (10/12/15 - OzSky): at 394x; bright, moderately large, oval 4:3 NW-SE, 0.8'x0.6', small bright core, increases to a bright stellar nucleus. A mag 14 star is just off the north edge and a mag 15 star in involved in the halo on the west side. A distinctive quartet of mag 13-14 stars lies 3'-4' SE, with one of the stars a 5" or 6" double.